Mr Benjamin Gaw > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Drew & Napier LLC Offices

Drew & Napier LLC
10 COLLYER QUAY
#10-01 OCEAN FINANCIAL CENTRE
SINGAPORE 049315
Singapore
Visit website 65 6535 0733

Mr Benjamin Gaw

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+65 6531 2393 benjamin.gaw@drewnapier.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate & Finance; Healthcare & Life Sciences

Position

Head, Healthcare & Life Sciences

Career

Benjamin has experience advising companies on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters including finance, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring. He also advises on all aspects of employment law including employment agreements, secondment arrangements, and termination of employment.

His particular focus is in the technology, biotechnology, health, and pharmaceutical industries, where his experience includes reviewing and drafting clinical trial agreements, research and development agreements, licensing agreements, and franchise agreements. Benjamin has also been involved in life sciences, pharmaceutical, and healthcare regulations.

He is recognised as a leading life sciences lawyer in Who’s Who Legal. The Practical Law Company Which Lawyer? also recommends him in the category of Life Sciences: Corporate & Commercial.

Practice Areas:

  • Administrative & Public Law
  • Aviation
  • Banking & Finance
  • Business Establishment
  • Corporate Restructuring & Workouts
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Employment
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Intellectual Property

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law’s Committee on Legal Education and Studies
  • Member, Inquiry Panel
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, National Arthritis Foundation Executive Committee

Education

  • LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2002)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar (2003)
  • Specialist Diploma in Molecular Biotechnology, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2007)
  • Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (2009)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Labour and employment: local firms

Drew & Napier LLC has assembled a large team of employment law specialists. It routinely handles significant domestic and regional employment engagements across the advisory, transactional, and litigation spheres. The firm’s reputation as a major force in litigation, brings it a substantial pipeline of employment cases, though it has a highly developed presence in non-contentious matters too. Kelvin Tan co-heads the employment department and has an established record in major employment disputes. Benjamin Gaw also co-heads the team, bringing extensive non-contentious expertise in reviewing employment contracts, handbooks, and policies, along with employee stock option plans, retrenchment exercises, and termination of employment, among other areas of specialism. Lim Chong Kin is noted for personal data protection and anti-harassment work, while Rakesh Kirpalani is rated for technology sector employment disputes

Singapore > Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms

Helmed by technology expert Chong Kin Lim, Drew & Napier LLC‘s fintech and payments regulatory practice has a good spread of experience relating to the structuring and implementation of payments solutions and a wide array of regulatory issues associated with the establishment and running of digital platforms. The firm has additionally seen an increase in instructions pertaining to ICOs and cryptocurrency in general. Payments specialist Benjamin Gaw has a strong track record in advisory work for emerging and established payments solutions providers, alongside fintech-related licensing and regulatory issues.

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